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[Epic 4G General] dbcross:
Thanks. I tried out the free ones, but settled for the Keyboard for Android 2.3+ from Steven Lin. The customization of the key spacing and themes are nice. Not bad for a $1. Although, I am a little disappointed they removed, or greatly reduced the capabilities of the dictionary and auto correction in EC05.
[Epic 4G General] theReDkoolAiD:
Sorry If this has already been asked, but will the OTA unroot my phone (stock rom)?

edit: kept looking and found odin flash, and since i dont have nine posts i cant post a link look in the "reason for editing" for link
[Epic 4G General] nikon120:
Installed the OTA from DI18 this morning while plugged in and @ 100% battery. I normally leave an 8hr work day with 70-75% left when on DI18 stock. It's only noon and I'm already down to 71% on EC05 stock. (Same usage patterns and time as before the update.)

Better believe I'm flashing SRF 1.1.0 when it's released.

Also, it feels like the keyboard lag is a tad worse than DI18.
[Epic 4G General] theReDkoolAiD:
Did the odin flash, works great
[Epic 4G General] icecold23:
The battery life is horrible, but I think something messed up in the update.

If I go into battery settings, no matter what I play around with, there are only two things showing up under Battery Usage.

Display (95%)

Cell Standby (3%) - with a TWS of 35%

I am trying the phone in airplane mode in an attempt to see what exactly is going on.

For those who have good results with battery life (and running as is), could you post a list of running apps, so I can try figuring out what the bad player may be?

I am guessing a flash back to something is in my near future...
[Epic 4G General] ZoSo925:
Has the new update fixed texting, where you send a text and the status is stuck on "sending" ?? That is my biggest complaint and concern
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
Yeah my battery life is abysmal. Back to Bonsai!
[Epic 4G General] abrcrmdl23:
EC05 is great for me anyone who is complaining about the keyboard being bad oviously got a bad flash do a wipe and a reinstall with odin my keyboard has never worked better. My gps was completely broken on EB13 ad now locks in seconds is very acurate and compass seems to work correctly as well. Battery life has never been better and the TWS issue with the radio is completely gone with the new update as well Overall the phone feels very fast and snappy I have been a little pissed about the lack of updates and the speed of updates until now but I must say EC05 has made up for that and I am now a happy customer. Plus with gingerbread promised and cyanogenmod 7 around the corner the epic has reclaimed its status as the best phone on the market for now.
[Epic 4G General] usfslacker:
Yep, under an hour of usage today, DRM killed, airplane mode toggle, and the phone is ready to die at 10 hours...
[Epic 4G General] LordLugard:
I have 2 batteries. Stock battery gives me ~18hrs typical, and my 3500mah battery goes nearly 40hrs, all on DI18 stock but rooted. EB13 or EC05 cut those numbers in half it seems. Can't stand that.
[Epic 4G General] uscpsycho:
The update hosed my ringers/alrets/notifications. I had stock Eclair before the update.

The phone will vibrate but no alerts. If I go into the sound settings then try to set Voice call ringtone or Notification ringtone I get this error message:

The application Settings (process com.android.settings) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

When I try to change the notification settings in ChompSMS I get this error:

The application chompSMS (process com.p1.chompsms) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

This sucks. Really really really sucks. How do I fix this????

HELP!!!!
[Epic 4G General] Rogue2204:
Definitely going to just visit a Sprint store to take a peek at ID for the epic :P Syndicate >> Sprint/Sammy crapware
[Epic 4G General] noreboy:
I love this ROM compared to the stock 2.1 ROM that I've been using this whole time. The only thing that I do not like about the upgrade thus far is the battery life, but everything else is great.

I do however have a couple of questions with this EC05.

1. The Andoid Market app seems to have reverted back to an older version in EC05. How do I get back the latest and greatest app market.

2. I thought with 2.2, we now have the otion of downloading apps directly to the phone or on the SD. Am I missing something, as I do not see that option when dl'ing programs.

3. What was the BT upgrade exactly as I notice no difference from 2.1? I still can't listen to voicemails or songs (though the opt is there) via BT.

4. (not directly related to EC05) What is TWS? I keep seeing people mention it.
[Epic 4G General] uscpsycho:
It took me some time to figure this out too, but I finally did.

TWS is time without service. The higher the number the higher your battery drain. You check it by: Settings -> About Phone -> Battery use -> Cell standby

Then you will see your TWS.
[Epic 4G General] noreboy:
Oh!! I know what that is, just was not familair with the abbr. Thanks!
[Epic 4G General] daddymikey1975:
you could have hit the guy's thanks button ;)

On a different note, the bluetooth still sucks. Paired w/ my jabra Extreme, talking on the phone, then end the call. The phone's earpiece still pops randomly. Then, over my bluetooth headset, streaming pandora (the cool new white one) I turn of the headset (cuz the headset needs charged) and the music reverted back to the phone, but it was coming from the earpiece instead of the speaker.. From that point, ALL sounds came from the earpiece instead of the speaker. Had to reboot to get my audio routing fixed. This is Epic fail for me. I was really hoping for the bluetooth stack to be fixed but they may have overlooked it :/

(can't wait for the SGS 2)
[Epic 4G General] itsmebryan:
Are you sure its the phone? I have a motorola H17 and a blueant V1 headset paired and it works fine so far.
[Epic 4G General] bikewiz:
EC05 is garbage. I don't know what version I had before besides it was 2.1.1.

-The text msg interface looks retarded and is hard on the eyes

-The msg icon on the home screen now shows how many unread msgs you have, but it isn't accurate. If I delete msgs and come back to the home screen it still says "3" on it.

- The hardware keyboard never really gave me problems before and I use it all the time. Now I'm getting the letter skip like crazy.

I'm sure the list goes on, just thats all I can think of right now. This was an OTA update that happened yesterday morning on my phone. Is there an easy way to revert back to what I had before?

I doubt there is a Gingerbread ROM out for Epic's yet. I'd hate to root my phone and install a custom rom because the stock one used to work so great. Now, I'm open to the thought because anything would be better than this FROYO garbage. Hard to believe I've had this phone since the release date and loved every minute of it, but now I want to throw it through a wall.
[Epic 4G General] Dvin211:
I used oden to revert back to DI18 then to get EC05 ota. So far it's been great.

The camera is fixed and the gps seems to be locking on almost instantly. I'm noticing better battery life and everything seems snappier.

I'm not noticing any of the problems some people are seeing. I formatted my sdcard and wiped 3x before starting the updates.

I'm really liking Sprint ID, I have the Disney pack installed for my 3 year old and the ESPN and socially connected for everyday use.

Overall I'm really happy with this update seems like they finally got it right.
[Epic 4G General] BigBrotherMotown:
Mixed Bag

At first I updated using the UPDATE.ZIP method....

Rom was buggy as hell, scrolling issues, rotation issues, gps issues and I COULD NOT ROOT....Was about to pull my hair out til I found a thread an update via ODIN W/ROOT Already installed.....

So I downloaded the tar file and reflashed....

QUITE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE!

Scrolling issues....Gone

Gps issues....GONE...I get locks in just a few seconds now....GPS ia much more stable/reliable than before

Bugs have aparently been removed EXCEPT FOR TWS...

So glad the fixed the automatic geotagging in the camera!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rotation hangs a little sometimes but this rom seems much quicker than my previous DK28, even though there is NO IMPROVEMENT in benchmarks.

I have NO CHECKERBOARDING in the browser but I use Dolphin HD

Email works properly.....INCLUDING EXCAHNGE EMAIL.

Only one thing bugs me....

I TRIED to like sprint id.....i really did.....but i HATE the fact that whenever you try to switch back to your regular theme it automatically defaults to TOUCH WHIZ! I use Launcher Pro, and would love to be able to just switch back to that when I like but I have to switch back to TW.....then remove that from default using Home Switcher.....Then Set Launcher Pro as my default.....and that, my friends is some BULLSHIZZLE!!!!!!!!!!

AND

For some unknown reason....whenever I go into sprintzone and go to POWER CONFIGURATIONS (In the diagnostic menu), its says that my 4G is turned on when ITS NOT.....Dont know what the hell thats all about.

oh....and BATTERY LIFE STILL SUCKS....LOL

But I have chargers at home, work, and in the car so its not that big of a deal for me.

Other than that I really like the update now that I have REFLASHED USING ODIN...

No custom roms for me.....now that I am rooted I can live with this one til I buy a new phone.
[Epic 4G General] nicholishen:
My phone gets extremely hot when 4g is running. Is anyone else experiencing this??
[Epic 4G General] Whosdaman:
Froyo has never had silent and vibrate mode seperately.

EC05 has fixed everything but the keyboard. Sprint did a very nice job listening to everyone on all the problems we complained about.

The camera low light problem is fixed

The modem is sooo much better

The Sports mode is fixed

The compass and gps is fixed

And the Sprint ID is quite immpressive. I love using it over TouchWiz just for the stability and smoothness.
[Epic 4G General] daddymikey1975:
Can you try to replicate the bluetooth problems that a few members (including myself) are still having ?

They showed up w/ DK28 and are still present (for me at least).

Anomaly 1: I have a Jabra Extreme headset. If I turn on BT, and make a phone call, then end the call, the phone almost immediately starts 'popping' at random from the earpiece. If I make another call, the phone is quiet, the call takes place w/ my headset just fine. If I end that call, or any call, the earpiece begins randomly popping and continues until I reboot.

Anomaly 2: If I stream Pandora over BT, then turn my headset off, the audio will not revert to the phone's speaker, instead it will play from the earpiece instead. This is true for ALL audio at this point, if the phone rings, audio feedback from button presses, email notifications, virtually all audio at this point will play from the phones earpiece instead of external speaker. Nothing will fix it except a reboot.

I odin'd to DI18, then applied the update.zip to get to EC05 if it matters.

Thanks WDM
[Epic 4G General] murso74:
i'm annoyed that they still haven't fixed the TWS bug or the all or nothign call log.... other then that everything has been roses

not crazy about they way the wallpaper is placed above the dock either...
[Epic 4G General] noreboy:
I'm using the app, so can't hit thanks. Will go back and do that when I'm on a comp.
[Epic 4G General] ungovernable1977:
Um, do you mean you can disable the geotag??? If so, how????? Im not on stock, on midNIGHT EB05, so maybe the .apk is diff... it was in the camera settings, right?

Also, installed ID on midNIGHT for the hell of it, and one weird thing I noticed is it deleted my titanium 'key' app... and that is one persistant bugger... think I tamed it, but reflashed to be sure.... not huge on any of the IDs... but actually not a bad idea, if they fix the above mentioned home switcher/default issue... they are getting good reviews from possibly the most critical crowd here, dont screw it up by forcing us to do something...
[Epic 4G General] BigBrotherMotown:
I might have to RETRACT that statement....

After running EC05 for 4 days I turn on my camera this morning and see that FUGGIN satellite icon!

Some kinda way the geotagging has been turned back on and I DIDNT DO IT

[Insert Conspiracy theory Here]
[Epic 4G General] Slovak65:
So far the only issues I have are...

1)Still has dialer lag when pulling away from your ear to use the dialer pad to press numbers for a recording, like press 1 for English etc. Have to tap the number a couple times in order for it to take.

2)Auto suggestion for words blows no matter which keyboard I use.

3)I have noticed a slight lag at times when opening or closing apps before they open or close, but this only happens sparodically.

Other than that no issues at all, and I have so far zero TWS issues
[Epic 4G General] herzzreh:
Sound function during call crapped out three times on me so far. I can't hear them, they can't hear me. Reboot fixes it.
[Epic 4G General] noreboy:
Anybody know how to utilize the option of downloading programs to SD card? I see this is suppose to be a feature of Froyo, but don't see the option when dl'ing.
[Epic 4G General] epicblows:
keypad at times will only show as if the phone is in open keypad and the screen is down. it seems the phone has to be in perfect upright position or it goes sideways for the dialer so it goes bye bye until it is again in perfect upright position.
[Epic 4G General] bgreiwe:
I could be wrong but you can't dl to the sd. When you install it, if the app has the option, you can instal and run from sd
[Epic 4G General] ungovernable1977:
The app has to be installed first (internal) then go to settings>manage applications> then the app you want to move, select it, and second button down on the right is move to SD card, under storage. Not sure if you can use a file manager to do it directly if installing an .apk and not a market app... but this is the 'stock' method.
[Epic 4G General] noreboy:
My location is wrong in Google Maps, and all other apps that utilize my location. Its a good 10-15 miles off. Am I the only 1?
[Epic 4G General] noreboy:
Thanks!
[Epic 4G General] MBM7881:
has anyone noticed a battery drain due to a high TWS? i noticed my battery was draining a lot faster than normal and when i checked my TWS it was at 52%. its never been that high before. i normally stayed between 1-3% TWS. i updated via Paul627g's method of [Odin-EC05] Froyo EC05 Prerooted/CWM v2.5.1.0 RFS (Odexed). any ideas? other than this my phone has been super fast. the 3G signal doesn't fade in and out like before and i can get on the internet and its really fast. before on EB13 it was beyond a slow crawl.

EDIT: well it seems as if the TWS issue fixed itself after a hard reset. i've been monitoring now for a few hours and its went from 52% and gradually lower. now its a 3% and been that way since 5PM. all is well again! EB13 was great for me and EC05 is even better and faster
[Epic 4G General] cpcormier3:
This phone is a piece of crap! I odined back to di and reloaded ec and it's still crap! I didn't load any apps on my phone, except battery indicator so I could check the battery drain. I let the phone sit for 2 hours and then when I checked it, it had drained 12% wtf? This phone sucks, if any one knows someone who wants to buy this thing from me (300) or trade it, let me know! Haven't got any hits on the internet.
[Epic 4G General] 063_XOBX:
12% drain in 2 hours isn't half bad for stock on a non calibrated battery, but I think you are probably just posting that to elicit a response.
[Epic 4G General] cpcormier3:
this is battery drain when the phone isn't even being used! So you're telling me my battery stand by time should be 16 hours? Samsumg's web site has 300 hours listed for the stand by time. Be my guest and explain that. 6% an hour is only 16 and some change hours.
[Epic 4G General] cpcormier3:
Calibrated or not, this thing should be not be draining 6% per hour
[Epic 4G General] 063_XOBX:
Until the battery is calibrated there is no way for the phone to accurately judge charge level so battery drain seems unusually high, that is simply a result of the phone having no real idea of how full the battery is/was and trying to show the "real" charge without an accurate starting point.

And no smartphone is getting 300hours of standby time. Maybe an old flip phone with a black and white screen but even then probably not.
[Epic 4G General] cpcormier3:
I have a hard time seeing that this phone would have that kind of battery drain after only 2 hours. No matter if it were calibrated or not. Will keep testing it, but when I've flashed other updates it was never this bad even though I didn't calibrate those batteries.
[Epic 4G General] keith5039756827:
EC05 hela buggy browser FC, messaging FC, phone vibrates even though Vibrate turned off, the list goes on.
[Epic 4G General] edscheenstra:
How do you calibrate the battery?
[Epic 4G General] 063_XOBX:
Charge to 100% (while off) then boot into clockworkmod and wipe batter stats in advanced
[Epic 4G General] cpcormier3:
What if you don't have cm? You're just out of luck?
[Epic 4G General] Catalectic:
I still see that many are still frustrated with you epic's battery life. Simply turn off auto-sync. It really isn't worth the battery drain to have Weatherbug telling you what can be found out by looking out a window. Once you've done that - your Epic will make you proud again.
[Epic 4G General] 063_XOBX:
Pretty much. ODIN MAY wipe battery stats, but it would also wipe EVERYTHING.
[Epic 4G General] drizek:
Battery life on the Epic is nowhere near as bad as the Evo. In fact, the Epic gets great battery life IMO. Makes it through the day with a bunch left over. If I forget to charge it at night, I can usually eek out an extra day of light use.
[Epic 4G General] ProDriver77:
Compared to some of the "original" Android phones, I think the Epic gets good battery life even on Eclair. I get through almost a full day on light-to-moderate; which is still better than my previous phone (Touch Pro2).
[Epic 4G General] andygallo:
OK, after running EC05 for the weekend, I'm really liking this build.

Update Method: Odin'ed back to DI18, and applied the OTA update. Rooted (One Click 2.5.5), removed stock Sprint Apps (SDX removal tool), reset data to factory (In Android and CWM, just to be sure, I like clean installs).

Not too much different from EB13 from what I could immediately tell (other than the camera fixes) but I thought EB13 was pretty good already. Very responsive.

Data might be a smidgen better, I had no real complaints about data before either, it's always been at least as fast as (usually faster) my bro's and friend's EVO's in 3G (post EVO-3G-data-patch, of course) and 4G.

One thing I will say, is that battery life for me is a fair amount better with EC05. Right now I'm looking at 4 hours since unplugged and my battery is at 81%. I've been sporadically reading the news, weather and Facebook updates. On EB13 and DI18 I was usually down to the 60-70% mark by this time with roughly the same type of usage.

Bugs I've noticed (mostly noted by other users before):

Keyboard keys skipping. Don't think I noticed it as much on EB13, but definitely notice it now.

Horizontal Calibration bug is still there. I still have to do the upside down calibration trick.

Browser Zoom Checkering. Yep, tho not as bad as in EB13 in my opinion. But it doesn't really bother me that much, plus I'm taking Opera Mobile 11 for a whirl. Awesome browser so far BTW.

Wired Tether doesn't seem to work (not really a bug). This worked on EB13, but I can't get it to work on EC05 for some reason. At least Wireless Tether still seems to work.
[Epic 4G General] cpcormier3:
It seems like my battery charges faster on EC, anyone else think this?
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
Been using EC05 with midnight rom for two days now.

In simple terms. EC05 is the new DI18.

I always considered (minus the gps bug) DI18 the perfect os build. It was just solid. Dk28 leak was terrible, EB13 was better but still felt like the phone was being held back and sluggish.

EC05 is fast, responsive and finally feels like I remember this phone being when I bought it at launch.
[Epic 4G General] The Root:
This build is perfect on my phone. I feel like I have the best phone on the market.
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
Agreed. After updating I finally feel like this phone has a perfect build. I have no problems after updating and everything seems way smoother.

Also: just tried the gps, and literally the second i pressed the "my location" button, it got a lock.

And the keyboard seems a bit laggy still but it doesn't have really any issues for me.

Sent from my Epic 4G
[Epic 4G General] paulkenosha:
I have notcied my battery drains very quickly since update... not happy about that all. I used t make it till end of work day before needing a charge, now I get 4 or 5hrs in an battery is low, with moderate use.

Other then that I noticed a weird thing with the gallery (may just be my phone), but when I try to delete a picture it takes a longggggg time, to the point were I have to turn phone off and on, and I I delete through astro then the media scanner runs but stays at 0% and I hav to turn phone off.

My only issues, but the battery drain is a major issue for me.
[Epic 4G General] || Acer ||:
I haven't been on the update long enough to test out battery life, but something bothers me is I keep getting connection errors when trying to go to the Sprint ID store and the only way to fix it is by rebooting.

Sent from my Epic 4G
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I love ec05, no more keyboard skipping!

Sent from my always stock, EB13 Epic, awaiting EC05.
[Epic 4G General] murso74:
ok some really annoying things right now

when i edit my existing contacts it saves the information but then removes it later at a random time (a few peoples last names that i entered)

programs get added at the end of the app drawer.. even if i save sort A-Z

selections i make in the setting menu like turning off the 5 keyboards i don't use re enable themselves

plus i lock with GPS almost immediatly but i lose connectioin out in the open for about a minute more then i ever remember

THIS IS ALL BASIC PHONE FUNCTIONALITY... and issues i never had before. between that and the stupid call log settings i'm back to not wanting a samsung phone again (not to mention the missed presses on the keyboard that persist if not got worse and the lag when entering numbers on the dialer keyboard)
[Epic 4G General] lancelane:
Wow

I have had no real problems on EC05. I love the new modem. It gets GPS right away and my phone calls always work. I couldn't say that for DK28. I am rooted using Syndicate so it might be more about the ROM than anything. LOL

Epic on Syndicate Frozen ROM 1.1
[Epic 4G General] drizek:
Ya, I'm losing 3G and 4G connections all the time. It is quite annoying.

That said, GPS is perfect. I have experienced GPS issues with other ROMs and this one does not have them. I just navigated for two hours and it was fast and accurate.
[Epic 4G General] bomix:
Wow gps working great finally! Camera videos working great
[Epic 4G General] issai:
Pro's:

- GPS lock-on is lightning fast, but then this being my 3rd Epic, GPS lock-on was great with its factory DI18 build until the last month or so.

- Can *finally* use apps with require 2.2!

- Bluetooth is far more usable (still not nearly as seamless as Blackberry's)

- Phone app *finally* relatively responsive to key-presses, like a friggin' Phone app should be!

- Camera loads up quickly.

Problems:

- Home screen (TouchWiz launcher?) force-closes a lot, with no rhyme or reason.

- Lots of default, out-of-the-box apps force-closing, more so than 3rd-party apps.

- PDANet disconnects a lot.

- Battery usage has worsened tremendously

- Physical keyboard has slightly worsened (I'm completely stumped how this is even possible)

- Keep noticing a process I've never seen before called "mediaserver" topping the CPU usage charts. WTH is this??